Legal Opinion
Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 11, 1943No. 14443PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Justice.
Annie Brown was tried and convicted of mupder in the killing of Bosa Lee Willis, by cutting and stabbing her with a knife.
The evidence presents two separate and distinct lines of testimony. The witnesses for the State relate a set of facts that show an unprovoked killing, and the testimony of the witnesses for the accused is equally positive in presenting a case of justifiable homicide.
The killing occurred in the business section of Griffin on a Saturday afternoon. Witnesses for the State testified that the accused, without any warning, approached the deceased “on her toes,”…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Powell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Perdue v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Warrick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Week v. Big Bunker Hill Mining Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1941
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Siegel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- Childers v. Ackerman Construction Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Lane Drug Stores Inc. v. BrooksCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944
- Simmons Company v. HardinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
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